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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1611153" data-attributes="member: 56379">Believe it or not.&nbsp; A &quot;Yes&quot; answer to question #1…and a &quot;No&quot; answer to question #2 would have been fine.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />A kernel panic comes down to &quot;Is this a hardware or is it a software problem?&quot;&nbsp; One way to determine this is to take a 2nd empty hard drive…install a fresh version of the OS on it…then boot the computer with this &quot;new/fresh&quot; drive.- If this problem disappears…then it's a software/OS issue on the original drive.- If the problem does not disappear…then it may be a hardware problem (since a fresh HD with a fresh install of the OS should not cause a kernel panic).All external devices should be disconnected as well (including bluetooth devices).- Nick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1611153, member: 56379"] Believe it or not. A "Yes" answer to question #1…and a "No" answer to question #2 would have been fine.;) A kernel panic comes down to "Is this a hardware or is it a software problem?" One way to determine this is to take a 2nd empty hard drive…install a fresh version of the OS on it…then boot the computer with this "new/fresh" drive. - If this problem disappears…then it's a software/OS issue on the original drive. - If the problem does not disappear…then it may be a hardware problem (since a fresh HD with a fresh install of the OS should not cause a kernel panic). All external devices should be disconnected as well (including bluetooth devices). - Nick [/QUOTE]

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